Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Current conclusion is that if you get an aggressive cancer, outlook is somewhat poor, and early detection is rarely the case. But with the much, much more common, easily screened/detected variety all treatments are about the same in terms of survival. Pick your side effect... There is no consensus.... Phil On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:12 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >> I routinely send patients to this site for an unbiased review: >> >> <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html> > > hi Phil, > > seems that it's a quagmire, an unbiased review on a huge subject > with no consensus... > > this means that the patient gets to choose... > > if medical specialists cannot choose, how can the patient > effectively choose ? > > Steve > >> PJL >> On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Brian Reid wrote: >> >>> Now that I think about it, this is probably rather on-topic. >>> Even though we wish it were otherwise, the demographics of the LUG >>> are such that there are about 1000 people here who really do need to >>> pay attention to prostate cancer. It's hard to keep on pushing that >>> shutter button when you're dead. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information